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An opportunity to join our Clinical Health Psychology team has arisen for the Academic year 2023-2024. The successful applicant would complete this honorary post as their sandwich year during their undergraduate psychology degree.

This is an honorary post and not a paid position for the academic year.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to learn about the varied role of a Clinical Psychologist within the Clinical Health Psychology Service. Experiences offered would be primarily within the Paediatric Psychology Service, but also in Adult services. Examples of placement opportunities include:

- Shadowing the Clinical Psychology team in their work (e.g., therapeutic assessments, intervention sessions and shadowing developmental assessments)
- Attending and contributing to referral and other departmental meetings and regional meetings (e.g. special interest group meetings such as Paediatric Psychology Network meetings)
- Shadowing other members of the wider multidisciplinary teams including: Nurses, Paediatricians, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Play Specialists and learn about different roles and dynamics
- Contributing to service development (e.g. collating and analysing outcome data regarding service users experience; contributing to audits; co-facilitating focus groups regarding service user feedback and analysing the resulting data)
- Supporting the team to deliver teaching to nursing staff and doctors and practising disseminating psychological knowledge to a range of audiences
- Gaining an understanding of the importance of clinical governance, note keeping, consent, confidentiality and safeguarding issues in the NHS
- Contributing to Continued Professional Development/service development by performing literature searches

The Clinical Health Psychology Service have been implementing an approach focusing on psychological wellbeing across the lifespan. The placement would span clinicians working across the ages, however will primarily be hosted within Paediatrics. The Paediatric Clinical Psychology team is comprised of a team of three Clinical Psychologists and one Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner.

The service supports children, young people and families across Torbay and South Devon when children and young people have physical health problems. We are based at Torbay Hospital in Torquay. As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service operates a hybrid model of remote working and face to face clinics.

The paediatirc team work with children, young people and their families to support, for example, coping and adjustment to illness, adhering to medical treatment, coping with the impact of past bullying, support with developing relationships at school, managing changes (e.g., moving to a new school or to adult services). Psychological interventions focus on helping children and young people in a holistic way. This may entail individual work with parents, children, siblings or group work. We also work closely with other teams who may contribute to a childs care (e.g., health, education, children’s services).

Why work with us - Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitablilty to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.